Katharine Jefferts Schori

Katharine Jefferts Schori (26 March 1954-) was the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1 November 2006 to 1 November 2015, succeeding Frank Griswold and preceding Michael Curry.

Biography
Katharine Jefferts Schori was born in Pensacola, Florida in 1954, and her family converted from Catholicism to Episcopalianism when she was eight; her mother later converted to Eastern Orthodoxy. She became an instrument-rated pilot before becoming an ordained priest in 1994. Jefferts Schori became a fluent Spanish communicator, and she served as Bishop of Nevada from 2001 to 2006, when she was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.